300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training

A rigorous course of study and integration, because beautiful destinations take time to travel to.

This advanced course is for dedicated practitioners and aspiring teachers who want to deepen their personal practice and grow as teachers. Expect advanced techniques, rigorous training and integrated learning.

The weekends are spaced out so you can digest the learning, bring it into your practice and undertake self-study. Alongside the modules you’ll take part in peer mentoring and coaching, to reflect on your shared and individual experience.

Register your interest, or book a free tour, cuppa and practice to find out more.

Not sure if the 300 hour course is right for you? Book a free 30-minute discovery call to talk it through.

What to expect

• Traditional texts. Study and practise the techniques described in the traditional yoga texts.
• Philosophy. Discuss and debate yoga philosophy, following increasingly complex lines of enquiry.
• East and West. Question and evaluate Eastern and Western approaches to body, mind and soul.
• Sadhana. Grow a committed, reflective practice that goes beyond the physical postures.

Modules and hours

This 300-hour training is accredited by Yoga Alliance.

The opening ceremony, closing ceremony and final showcase weekend are included at no extra cost. Every student completes more than 300 hours, combining weekend intensives, midweek study sessions, practical teaching and ceremony.

What you’ll study

Techniques, training and practice

• Meditation. Its foundations, drawing on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Meditation as a discipline in itself, as a prelude, and within asana and pranayama.
• Pranayama. Refining the breath, prana, the bandhas, ratios and kumbhaka, and the nadis. Pranayama as a practice in itself, as preparation for meditation, and within your classes.
• Shatkarma. The traditional cleansing practices and their balancing effects on body and mind.
• Asana. Yin, Trauma Informed, Embodied and Restorative Yoga, Yoga with Props, Chair Yoga and Somatics in Yoga.

Teaching methodology

• Intelligent sequencing
• Hypermobility on and off the mat
• The art of observation: hands-on assists
• The language of EveryBody: teaching inclusively
• Bringing the shape to the body: adapting all practices for all bodies

Anatomy and physiology

• Anatomy for Embodied Yoga
• Anatomy of breath and bandhas
• Anatomy of key joints and structures
• The nervous system and the hidden face of trauma
• Beyond the skin we’re in: fascia

Philosophy, lifestyle and ethics

• An ethical business: yoga equity
• My Gita: interpreting philosophy for everyday life
• Beyond the yamas and niyamas
• Manifesting joy: metaphysics in philosophy
• Self care for teachers

Professional skills

• Marketing and digital media: social media, AI and tech
• Professional development
• Building community

The teaching faculty

Christine Mason, E-RYT500, with further Yoga Alliance accredited training in Prenatal, Yin, Aerial and Trauma Informed Yoga. She completed her 200-hour training in Bangalore, India, with Pradeep Gowda (a1000 Teacher Training School) and her 300-hour advanced training with Sandeep Manur (Amrutha Bindu Yoga), in the Hatha style of the Satyananda lineage, Bihar School.

Melanie Cooper, E-RYT500 in Hatha, Vinyasa, Nidra, Yin and Anatomy. Author of Teaching Yoga, Adjusting Asana, Melanie began teaching in 1997 and joined the 200-hour and 300-hour faculty of a London school in 2010.

Sharon Price has practised yoga since 2000 and taught since 2004. She trained with Jivamukti (300 hours) and the British Wheel of Yoga (500 hours), teaches BWY Foundation Courses I and II, and co-founded Be True Yoga School.

Laura Roffey is certified to facilitate Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) for complex trauma and treatment-resistant PTSD, and has facilitated trauma-sensitive yoga for over 6 years.

Adelene Cheong (E-RYT, YACEP, SYT, BWY teacher, Adv R&R® Trainer, Certified iRest® Teacher). Her yoga began as a way to heal from the limits of scoliosis, which gave her a deep understanding of the body-mind connection.

Joviane (Jo) Williams is a 500-hour Yoga Master with Yoga Alliance International, also trained in Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra and Pre and Postnatal Yoga.

Fees

Our pricing reflects a commitment to sustainability and fairness, so we can honour our teachers and support our students fully. Throughout the course you have unlimited access to all the 1-hour classes on our timetable.

Breathing Space alumni: if you trained on our 200-hour course, take £100 off your final payment.

Or get in touch and we can devise a bespoke plan. To ask questions or arrange an informal chat, email Christine at [email protected].

All money paid is non-refundable and can’t be transferred to future dates. No refund is given for non-attendance, non-completion, or completion that does not merit a pass.

Signs of a high-quality, ethical course

• Your lead trainers have a minimum of 15 years’ teaching experience.
• Your lead teachers teach most of the training and hold E-RYT500.
• Our courses are accredited by Yoga Alliance and count towards your ongoing CPD.
• The course meets Yoga Alliance’s elevated standards.
• Our faculty includes internationally recognised trainers who are experts in their field.
• Transparent, ethical business and financial practices.

Further reading

• 300-hour teacher training: why go all the way?
• Just starting out? See our 200-hour teacher training.

Tutor: Christine Mason